J. A. JUSTICE, Webster County, was born February 24, 1846, in Robertson County, Tenn., a son of Jack A., and Susan (Ficer) Justice, natives of the same county. The father was engaged in farming and trading, and died in 1854, aged thirty-three. The mother is still living in her native State. Our subject at the age of seventeen, hired out on a farm, where he remained one year, and from his earnings was enabled to attend school; he continued at farm work in the summer, and attended school in winter, and later he taught school, after which he took up the study of medicine, under the preceptorship of Dr. J. T. W. Davis, of Robertson County; after a year's study, the profession became distasteful and he again returned to farming and trading for a year, he then engaged in merchant milling for about two years, after which merchandising was added to the business. Two years later he sold out his interest in the mill, and continued merchandising. February 4, 1875, he came to his present locality, and opened a small store, which he has increased into a large and flourishing business, carrying a stock of from $8,000 to $10,000. Mr. Justice was appointed postmaster in 1877, which office he still holds. He was married in the spring of 1868, to Miss Elizabeth T. Walker, of Cheatham County,Tenn.; one bright daughter gladdens their home. Mr. Justice, by strict attention to business, has risen to be one of the wealthiest and most respected men in the county.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Pages 1037-1038.